Chapter 3 Revisiting the Old Place
Covering the Le Youyuan under Zhoushan, the Chen army camp, the commander Xiao Maha is inspecting the defense, the Zhou army has arrived in Jiangshan, he was ordered to lead the troops to camp here, is to build a healthy domain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There is Xuanwu Lake in the north of Jiankang City, and the Zhoushan Mountain is located on the south bank of the Xuanwu Lake, it was renamed Xuanwu Mountain in the Liu Song Dynasty, and when it came to Emperor Chen Xuandi, it was renamed Longzhou Mountain again, but people are still used to calling it the Zhoushan Mountain.
The Leyou Garden at the foot of the Zhoushan Mountain, originally the medicine garden of the Jin Dynasty, was later changed to a garden, and was a place for dignitaries to cool off and enjoy the heat and play, and the reason why it was named 'Leyou Garden' was to commemorate the Leyou Garden outside Chang'an City.
Yongjia Rebellion, the clothes of the south, the Jin army several northern expeditions, only briefly recovered Chang'an, not long after the loss, since then Chang'an Leyouyuan only exists in the memories of Nandu people, and Jiankang City in the north of the Leyou Garden, has become a place of sustenance.
Leyouyuan is Taicheng in the south, there is Qingxi in the east, Xuanwu Lake water is injected, flows into the Qinhuai River to the south, both sides of Qingxi are high-ranking officials and dignitaries gathering area, and Leyouyuan is in the northeast, it is Jiankang outer fence, there is a north fence, and the official road outside the door can go directly to Beijing.
Since the Jin Dynasty moved the capital to Jiankang, Zhoushan has become the northern barrier of Jiankang City, its gains and losses are related to the safety of Taicheng, Xiao Moke led the army to camp here, and the responsibility is heavy, so he does not dare to take it lightly.
Yesterday into the palace to face the king, Xiao Maha in addition to saying good things for Fuchuan Hou Fan Meng, but also face a lot of strategies to retreat from the enemy, although the Son of Heaven is noncommittal, but finally have confidence, but also made a decision on the spot, open the treasury to take out money and silk to reward the officers and soldiers.
In this way, it is like saying, the enemy is at present, it is the time when the soldiers of the whole army are using their lives, the court is willing to sacrifice the army, everyone is willing to fight to kill the enemy, and now, the Son of Heaven has finally done the right thing.
Xiao Maha looked at Jiang Mountain in the northeast, which was already occupied by the Zhou army at this time, although he couldn't see the dynamics of the Zhou camp in Leyouyuan, Xiao Maha still felt the pressure, originally, the situation should not have deteriorated to this point.
At the end of last year, the Zhou army invaded the south on a large scale, captured Huainan Prefecture, and then drank the Yangtze River and confronted Jiankang across the river.
The land of Ba and Hunan in the upper reaches, as well as Jiangzhou, had been invaded by the Zhou army, and Jiangzhou even fell within a month, which was the worst situation after Yongjia's southern crossing, but the Son of Heaven was blindly optimistic and did not take effective measures to change and reverse the situation.
Although the additional troops were stationed in quarrying and Jingkou, but the number was not much, a drop in the bucket, most of the officers and soldiers were still concentrated in Jiankang, Xiao Maha and the generals were on the table many times, and strongly advocated active defense, but the results were all gone.
If it could be carefully arranged according to their ideas at that time, where would it be so easy for the Zhou army to enter Jiankang City?
Xiao Maha was angry when he thought of this, he had fought with a group of veterans for decades, and most of them participated in the war to quell the Hou Jing Rebellion.
It's not that there are no soldiers at hand, it's not that there is not enough food and grass, it's not that it's too old to ride a horse, and it's not that you can't hold a horse lance!
What's the problem? It's out of those traitors!
Shi Wenqing, Shen Keqing, Kong Fan and other ministers, full of villains, for their own selfishness, regardless of the safety of the country, reported good news but not bad news, coaxed the Son of Heaven to think that waiting for the rainy season to come can force the Zhou army to retreat, but the result is again and again sit-still again and again, resulting in the loss of the official army and the loss of the war, so that the Zhou army easily arrived at the city of Jiankang.
He was also ashamed to say that the fate of the Qi army more than 30 years ago was a lesson for the Zhou army today.
Fart! If there were no soldiers of all armies who took the risk to attack and kill the enemy bravely, the Qi army would have taken Jiankang long before the rainy season arrived!
Xiao Maha looked at Jiang Shan again, and his thoughts went back to more than thirty years ago, when he was not yet thirty years old, and Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of the Chen State, was still the auxiliary minister of the Liang State.
The Qi army attacked, and the Liang army was at a disadvantage, but under Chen Ba's first plan, the Liang army took the initiative to attack, and the Qi army was in chaos, so there was a confrontation in the rainy season, and only then did the Liang army copy its back road, causing the collapse of the whole army, and finally beheaded countless people, so that the Qi army was almost annihilated.
Those traitors took the results to deceive the Son of Heaven every day, saying "Jiankang has its own royal spirit here, don't worry", but deliberately ignored the experience of the soldiers of the Liang army who fought bloodily back then.
Don't worry? Do you know how many people died back then?
Not to mention anything else, Xiao Maha was under the command of the general Hou Andu, Hou Andu led the army to fight fiercely with the Qi army, the two sides were red-eyed, the battle was so fierce that the muddy water turned into blood, and the corpses of the dead soldiers on both sides were everywhere.
In the chaos of the army, Hou Andu fell from his horse, and was almost surrounded by the Qi army with a barrel of spear into a honeycomb, it was Xiao Maha who fought hard to kill the enemy army to save the commander, when the two were covered in blood, almost exhausted.
Therefore, Jiankang City escaped a catastrophe that year, not relying on any "royal spirit", but relying on the bloody battles of the soldiers, relying on the initiative to attack, and dragging the war to the rainy season, rather than defending the city, sitting and watching the enemy besiege the city, and dying until the rainy season comes.
What Shi Wenqing and the others were thinking, Xiao Maha thought very clearly, this kind of villain would not do anything except bad things.
It's useless to say so far, it's April now, so as long as you stick to it for a while, in the rainy season, the situation will improve, and then all over the country will be muddy, the Zhou army's grain and grass transportation is not good, and it can't attack Jiankang, so I think it will be difficult to retreat... Right?
Xiao Maha sighed, thirty years have passed, and the Beiyu army has once again come to Jiankang City, and although he has revisited the old place as he did back then, and camped in Leyouyuan to defend against the enemy, but now it is different from the past.
The coach of his own side is still surnamed Chen, but this Chen is not his Chen, there was no villain in the way back then, and the whole worked together back then, when he was not yet thirty years old, it was the age of blood and strength.
But Xiao Maha is not convinced of his old age, he still has strength, and he will continue to gallop on the battlefield to serve the country, not only for himself, but also for his wife and children.
After walking around the barracks, Xiao Maha turned back to the big tent and was about to deal with military affairs, but an old servant asked to see him outside, and seeing that he was struggling, Xiao Maha asked everyone else to withdraw.
"What? What's going on in the house? ”
"Lord Lang, Lord Lang... Madame, Madame was edicted to enter the palace yesterday... Another night of non-return. ”
"What did you say!" Xiao Maha's face changed when he heard this, he couldn't help clenching his fists, his face was pale, and his breathing became rapid, and the old servant just looked down at the ground when he saw this, and didn't say anything.
His own woman fornicates with others, but he can't do anything about it, shame, a man's great shame!
Xiao Maha, who was over the age of six, was so angry that he was panting, but he couldn't go to the adulterer to settle accounts.
Because that adulterer is the Son of Heaven.
His original partner has passed away, and the newly married lady is young and beautiful, which has brought him a lot of joy, and he is quite proud in front of the old guys, whether it is to go to the old guys' house as a guest, or invite the old guys to come to the house as guests, the new lady with flowers and branches is a beautiful scenery.
The old husband and young wife, Xiao Maha, who has the power to ride a thousand, lost to the new wife who has no power to restrain the chicken, and is obedient to this beauty, although it is inevitable to bear the joking of "fear of guilt", but he doesn't care.
Fighting on the battlefield for decades, isn't it just to make meritorious contributions and seal his wife and son? Therefore, Xiao Maha, who has bloomed new flowers in old trees, has a new goal, that is, to make great contributions to his wife, as well as the son she gave birth to for herself, to be rewarded.
Originally, life was good, but since the lady stayed in the palace one night, something went wrong.
When Mrs. came back the next day, she explained the reason, saying that she and Zhang Guifei had a speculative conversation, and unconsciously passed the time, and it was inconvenient to leave the palace, so she stayed in the palace.
The most favored concubine of the Son of Heaven is Zhang Guifei, if his wife can have a good relationship with Zhang Guifei and have Zhang Guifei to help say good things, he will not be afraid of the slander of those villains.
But as his wife stayed in the palace more and more, Xiao Maha felt that something was wrong: where would Zhang Guifei have so much to say, and he had to spend the night in the palace with his wife?
The Son of Heaven is a good woman, and his wife is young and beautiful, and Zhang Guifei's residence is only dozens of steps away from the residence of the Son of Heaven, I'm afraid...
Thinking of this, Xiao Maha's heart was dripping blood, and he had insomnia for more than ten nights, but he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood.
However, there is no evidence, but that person is the Son of Heaven, but he still has children, he can't be angry, and the Son of Heaven's blood is splashed five steps.
can only pretend that he doesn't know anything, but he also made a decision that his wife is not allowed to go to the palace to chat with Zhang Guifei for no reason, and even if he is ordered to enter the palace, he is not allowed to stay in the palace.
The Son of Heaven is shameless, but he wants shame, he can't kill the adulterer, and he is not willing to kill his wife, because this will make him lose face in front of the old man and become a nest of shame for others.
Even if Mrs. had an affair with the Son of Heaven before, he had to forgive each other, so he never asked Mrs. what was going on.
He needs a warm home, an enviable home, and he is already old, even if he is self-deceptive, he has to pretend, because he can no longer withstand the toss.
Under Xiao Maha's strong request, Mrs. finally stopped and did not enter the palace again, which made him feel at ease, but he did not dare to take it lightly, because Mrs. may not be voluntary, so the hidden danger still exists.
Xiao Maha entered the palace yesterday to face the king, and the reason why he specifically mentioned that killing the enemy was not only for the country but also for his wife and children, was to indirectly remind the Son of Heaven that his wife was very important, and hoped that the Son of Heaven would not do that kind of thing again.
As a result, you summoned her to the palace for the night!
Impatient? I'm defending you against the enemy!!
Knowing that Mrs. entered the palace to "revisit the old place", Xiao Maha wanted to cry without tears, last night he was here in armor to patrol the night, to share the worries of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, Mrs. was happy under the crotch of the Son of Heaven.
What sin have I done, and I should have such retribution!
Xiao Maha only felt that the world was spinning, his heart was like a knife, he stood in place for a long time, and finally sat on the Hu bed with weakness, holding his head in his hands, silent.
"Lord Lang, Lord Lang..."
The old servant cried with a sad face, wanting to comfort Xiao Maha, but he didn't know what to say.
"You stand down first."
"Lord Lang... Yes, Lord Lang take care. ”
The old servant retreated outside the tent, and after a while, Xiao Maha raised his head, the old tears were full of tears, and his eyes were confused.
What's the point of fighting this battle?